Word: santorum
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...candidate whose ascendancy convinced lawmakers of the urgency of health care may not be curable. A poll released today shows Pennsylvania's Democratic Sen. Harris Wofford trailing Republican challenger Rep. Rick Santorum by 10 percentage points. Just two years back, Wofford won the seat, beating GOP nominee Dick Thornburgh in an upset by promising to make health care a priority. The Keystone Poll of likely voters, conducted over the weekend, showed the Republican ahead 42-32, with 23 percent of all voters still undecided. But don't close the book on Wofford: Santorum's tracking polls show the race...
...Democrats are hoping that election-eve efforts to drum up fear of GOP Social Security cuts are tailor-made for Pennsylvania incumbent Sen. Harris Wofford, who's slipped well behind Republican Rep. Rick Santorum, 35 percent to 46 percent, among likely voters in a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/WTAE-TV poll. In a state with an elderly population percentage second only to Florida's, Santorum recently suggested the Social Security retirement age be boosted from 65 to 70 or higher; a Wofford campaign worker videotaped the remark, which is now the centerpiece in a new ad blitz.Post to 1994 Elections...
...races are close in Pennsylvania as well, with incumbent Sen. Harris Wofford's campaign against Republican challenger Rick Santorum too close to call, while Democratic Lt. Governor Mark Singel and Republican challenger Tom Ridge are in a dead heat...
...support Santorum because he is cutting budget spending," said Leo G. Polanowski '98 of Elizabethtown, Penn. "I met Wofford once and he was kind of pompous...
...battle most Americans tell pollsters they are are no longer sure they want the President to win. That the issue, once a sure plus for Democrats, is now a more complicated blessing is evident in Pennsylania, where Democratic Senator Harris Wofford is in a tricky race against Rick Santorum, a Republican Congressman who promises to protect voters from government interference in their health-care decisions. It was Wofford's surprise victory three years ago over Dick Thornburgh, after a campaign that made health-care reform an issue, that first alerted politicians to its potential. But while Wofford is far ahead...